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!BI-CENTENNIAL OF ME (The President and Other Distinguished Men Get Honorary Degrees. AN OVATION FOR R003EVEL1 The Old University's Celebration Cam* to an End With Pomp and Ceremony ? Elaborate Precautions Taken to Gourd the Chief Executive ? No HandShaking at the Reception. New Haven, Conn.?The ceremonies with which Yale University commemorated the founding of the college 200 years ago ended Wedueday, bringing to a triumphal close the great bi-centennlal festival. The head of the nation was present in the perBon of President Theodore Roosevelt. England. Europe and the Far East contributed their share of honor when their representatives, men cf academic renown, marched as delegates in the procession and participated in the closing functions. The Church, Protestant and Roman Catholic, sanctioned the day with the presence of famous prelates. President Roosevelt received a great ovatiou while receiving his degree of ^ - * T IXr l ,.A.wlln<v JJOClUr U1 JUUNVS. tlUCU IUV ITOUiu^ of tbe long list of honors had been nearly finished President Hadley advanced a step or two and with great lmpresivenes said: "There yet remains one name." In an instant the great audience was standing. Tbe President of the United States also arose and the theatre rang with cheers. The air was tilled with waving handkerchiefs and programmes. Remarking that Yale bad chosen for the degree this candidate before he became President, President Hadley announced that all Yale men were now doubly honored by greeting tbe man and tbe President as a son of Yale. President Roosevelt, advanced., bowed profoundly, and tried to speak. Again the audience cheered, and it was fully a minute before be was allowed to proceed. He said: "President Hadley?I have never yet worked at a task worth doing that I did not find myself work- I ing shoulder to shoulder with some son of Yale. I have never yet been I la a struggle for righteousness and decency that there were not men of Yale to aid me and give me strength and courage. "As Ave walked hither this morning we passed by a gate which was raised to the memory of a young Yale lad who was hart to death beside me as he and a great many others like us marched against the gunfire from the heights, and with those memories quick in my mind I thank you from my heart for the honor you have done me, and I thank you doubly, for you planned to do me that honor while I was yet a private citizen." President Roosevelt and President Hadley entered the Hyperion Thea1A On A n. Vic iiu JLU.OV it* III. JL11V i" lt'CiUCUl Ut the United States -was led to the seat of honor directlj* behind the orator's desk. On the platform were Ambassador Joseph II. Choate, Secretary of State John Hay. Richard Olney, Chief Justice Melville. W. Fuller and Justice Brewer, of the Supreme Court; Presidents Eliot, of Harvard; Low, of Columbia; Pation, of Princeton; Harrison, of Pennsylvania, and dozens of other college presidents. Rear-Admiral Sampson, apparently feeble and in ill-health, made his way to his place through a side door. and. leaning on the arm of Professor W. W. Farnham, was shown to his seat. The commemoration exercises were begun with the performance of the overture to "Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg." A poem -entitled "Mater Coronata," by Edmund Clarence Stedman, in eulogy of the university, was then read. The commemorative address was delivered by David J. Brewer, LL. D., Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court, his topic being "Yale's Relation to Public Service." Justice Brewer was given an ovation on his conclusion. Then came the presentation of honorary degrees and the investing of the recipients with academic hoods. A farewell reception by President and Mrs. Hadley was held in the evening, and the presence of the President of the United States lent impressiveness to the occasion. President Roosevelt and Dr. and Mrs. Hadley stood upon a small raised platform midway to one side of the hall. Close at hand were Secret Service officers and policemen. The purpose was to admit only those wearing badges. These numbered several thousand, and a preat number of the general uninvited public also managed to gain entrance. Particularly noticeable was the extreme caution, not only of the officers but of those having the affair in charge, for the adequate protection of the President. There was no hand shakinc:. The suggestion to eliminate this old-time custom originated with President and Mrs. Hadley. and was readily adopted by the President. It Is estimated that 5000 persons attended the reception. At the conclusion of the reception the President returned to the Farnam residence, where dinner was served at 7.30. The guests included President Roosevelt. President Hadley. Secretary of State John Hay. Joseph H. Clioate. Andrew D. White, Archbishop Ireland. President Eliot, of Harvard; Setb Low, President i'atton, or rrinceton, Whltelaw Reid and Edmund Clarence Stedman Wreaths on Eliha Yule'n Tomb. London.?The wreaths sent by Yale Lniverslty were placed 011 the tomb ?f the founder at Wrexham, North Wale?, on the occasion of the opening of the bl-centennial celebration at New Haven. There was a large crowd present. The American and British flags were displayed and the schoolboys sang the "Star-Spangled Banner." Olive Growers tn a. Combine. California olive growers have united ia an attempt to obtain better.prices Hard Times in tarope. The London Stock Exchange 1ms been exceedingly dull of late. Various causes contributed to the stagnation, among them the industrial depression in Russia. Germany and France, the American uncertainty touching copper and railway developments. and lastly and chiefly, the South African situation. W#nt Minister Wu Recalled. Conservative Chinese officials art working to recall Minister Wu on fie ground that his popularity in the United States Is inconsistent with loyalty to China. rv V_ i * y_> '1; * _ . . ' . TRAIN ROBBERS FOILED j Atlaftk an Express Car With Dyna mite, But Are Driven 02! Brave Messenger on the Southern Pacific Mukeft a Stand With a Gun and Wins a Fight. Portland. Ore.?The north-bound overland express train on the Southern Pacific was held up by two masked men fifteen miles south of Eugene. The robbers blew open the express car with dynamite, but secured no booty, having been driven off by the express messenger. The only booty secured was one pouch of registered mail. Two men boarded the train at Cottage Grove, a short distance this side, near Saginaw, put off the fireman and his helper, uncoupled the express car, and made the engineer pull ahead a short distance. Their first act was to blow open the door of the express car, which they did with dynamite, tearing the door to pieces and badly damaging the car. Express Messenger C. Charles was ordered out. but he refused to go, and with his shotgun commanded the situation inside the car. The robbers told him to come out or he would be blown up with the car. but he replied, "Blow ahead." A fusilade of bullets followed, riddling the car, but the mesengei*, who was uninjured, kept up a continuous lire from the Inside, which held the robbers at bay. A charge of dynamite with a burning fuse was then thrown into the car, but Charles grabbed it and extinguished the fuse. Next the robbers compelled the engineer to crawl up to the opening inside of the car, hoping to ues him as a protection from the messenger's shots, but the messenger kept up a steady fire over the engineer's head and still held the robbers at bay. The robbers then gave up their efforts to secure the express treasure, and went for the mail. They secured the registered mail, then cut the engine from the rest of the train and ordered Engineer Lucas to pull ahead. They ran to Judkin's Point, in the outskirts of Eugene, where they stopped and ordered the engineer to return and got ms train. The train arrived here in the afternoon. The express car is badly shattered, but it was brought in with the train. GIRL RESTORED TO PARENTS. Kidnaped by Gypsies Nine Years Ago and Cruelly Treated. * St. Marys, Ohio.?Nine years ago the daughter of Peter Bell, who then was ten years old, a miller living in St. Marys failed to return home from school. The belief was general that eh? had been drowned. A gypsy recently told Bell that his child had been abducted by a gang of gypsies nine years ago. ' Bell at once made preparations to go in search of the girl, and with Mrs. Bell and their other daughter started for Indianapolis by wagon. They walked to Peoria. 111., from there to Quincy, to Keokuk, Iowa, and finally traced the band of gypsies to Carthage, Mo. When the gypsy leader was confronted by the father of the girl and local officers he drew a gun, but the officers overpowered him and he gave up the girl. The young woman says she had been compelled to beg food J nrifirn Hanri nf tlLIU iUJL IUC \iUUlv tsctuv* Vk gypsies. who treated her cruelly. Mr. Bell intends to have the gypsies indicted and extradited to Mercer County, Ohio, for trial. FLORIDA'S ORANCE CROP COOD. Some Predict Thnt the Total Will Be 1,500,000 Boxes. Jacksonville, Fla.?Florida's orange yield this year will be about 1,200,000 boxes, according to the best estimates made now. The fruit is fine, and some ? say that the yield will be 1,500,000 boxes. Many people have come into South Florida siwe "the freeze" from the northern pnrt of the State, and they have acquired small groves, which have been enlarged, so that the orange growing acreage is Increasing each year. A larger number of oranges will be sold on the trees this year than heretofore. The crop in the Indian River region Is also said to be good. SEVENTY AND SEVENTEEN WED. Child-Bride of a Veteran Becomes a GreatGrandmother. Yokomo, Ind.?Milton Garrigus, commander of the Indiana G. A. R., aged seventy years, and Miss Marie Thomas, who has seen but seventeen summers, have* been married. By the alliance the child-bride becomes a great-grandmother. The ceremony was performed at New Castle by the Rev. Mr. Wing, pastor of the Christian Church of that place. Allen Garrigus, a son of the groom, was best man. Gold Dlflcovery In Holland. Gold has beei. discovered in the Province of Ovoryssei, Holland, which borders on the Zuydcr Zee. The exact location of the mine is kept secret. It is said that the yield in gold is throe-quarters of an ounce to the English ton. 140 Chlneso Rebels Execntod. It is announced in a dispatch re* ceived from Swatow, China, that 140 rebels have been executed, and that order has been restored In the HsingNlng district, where several missions recently "were destroyed. The Insurrection in Samtr. Rear-Admiral Rodgers has telegraphed the Navy Department, at Washington, that the insurrection in the Island of Samar, P. I., has assumed very serious proportions. Admiral Iiodgers has ordered twentysix gunboats and the cruiser Ncay York to co-operate with the troops ill suppressing the outbreak. Turlilih Troojia Accused. Macedonian revolutionists accuse the Turkish troops of aiding the bri gauds who uutnapea miss ?tone. Nensy Gleanings Cubans are about to open an oflico in Washington to pusli a reciprocity agreement. United States Consul at Cobur?, Germany, Ernst Gumpert, has received his exeuqatur. Passengers are not alloved to sail from Cape Colony ports without military permits. President Roosevelt will treat of reciprocity in a general way in his message to Congress. The Board of Police of Boston has decided to reorganize the force, putting it upon a military basis. BOLD ROBBERY IH CHICAGO Burglars Loot the Postoffice, and Se cure $75,000 in Stamps. DUG A TUNNEL TO THE VAULT Failure of Calculations Responsible Fot the Comparatively Small Loss?Thieves Intended, It id Believed, to Enter the Cashier's Vault ? Came Up in the Stamp Room Instead ?Their Escape. Chicago. ? Robbery of the Chicago Postofflce by almost exactly the same method as was used in the recent gold robbery at San Francisco lins been discovered, and the loss to the Government is estimated at $75,000. A secret tunnel was found under the 1 MJJ 1TUU temporary yusiOLuce uuuuuii; at imtw igan avenue and Washington street. Through it the robbers gained access to the vaults, and stamps aggregating about the amount mentioned were stolen. The robbers gained an entrance to the place from which they worked, under the postoffice, by breaking open a little door in the boai'd wall which suiTounds the foundations of the buildings. The postoffice, being a temporary structure, is on poles, and there is a space of three feet between the floor of the building and the ground. Atfer getting through the trap door they crawled forty feet to a two-foot brick wall that separated an addition from the main structure. This they broke through. Then they crawled nearly 300 feet under the main floor of the postoffice to a point directly under the brick foundations of the various vaults. By + /il\Aoa +Vif? cniltli Vfllllr Uiioiaac IUCJ VUUCV mv wvuvm to operate on, containing tho wholesale supply of stamps. It they had taken the next to the north they might have got $600,000 in cash and stamps. First breaking through the two-foot brick foundation, they bored a section out of the thin pine floor and began operation* on the bottom of the vault. This was oue-quarter-lnch steel. In It they bored ninety-seven holes, none of them through until the whole job was ready. Then a few moments' work with the drill and a hammer broke a section nineteen inches square out of the floor of the vault and access was easy. They took from the vault booty enough to load a good-sized wagon. In the vehicle they drove away, and beyond Michigan avenue no trace of them can be found. The amount of stamps was exactly $17,862 worth of one-cent stamps, $33,258 worth of two-cent stamps, and enough miscellaneous to make the total $74,010. No trace was loft by the men otheT than the work done on the walls and floors, except a dry-cell electric battery used to supply a light In the work. This was found on the ground under the vault. There are also finger ? *? 1 4-i?n sib-a {r? tho mums nun uumcmuo n av.no >u mud. It is believed by the police that at least three men -worked on the job. Entrance to the vault and the extraction of the stamps probably took place during Sunday when there was the least occasion for opening the doors of any time during the week. Opportunities for undisturbed tunnelling Into the temporary postoffice are good In the locality of the lake front. At night there are few persons in the vicinity east of the building, and work of that kind could be carried on in the darkness with little chance of discovery. It seems probable that the work took weeks to complete. RIOT CALL AT BARCAIN RUSH. Women Charge on a Store in Charleston, S. C?Polleo Disperse Them. Charleston, S. C.?About SOO women, many of whom were members of well-known families, were dispersed by the police while In a rush toward the door of a bargain house on King street. Alluring offers had been made, and before the establishment was opened the woman had blocked the street to such an extent that cars could not be run. When the doors swung back the women swarmed In and dozens were trampled upon and hurt. Several i women fainted. As the mob surged | through the entrance glasses were smashed and the heavy barricades previously erected were twisted from their places. A riot call was sent to police headquarters and a patrol wagon filled with policemen was rUshed to the scene. The mob was driven back and the police closed the store. The proprietor was allowed to open later in the day. KILLED BY HIS AUTOMOBILE E. C. Benedict's Son and the Chafleai Burled Under Machine. Central Valley, N. Y.?While ascending Bull Hill, on the road from Central Valley to West Point, the 1800-pound automobile in which F. H. Benedict and a party of friends were traveling was overturned and Mr. Benedict was instantly killed. He is a son of E. C. Benedict, the intimate friend of former President Cleve land. The automobile, iccompanied by n four-in-hand, stopped In Central Valley to take on a fresh supply of gasoline, after which the party went on their way. They found easy goin.c until Bull Hill was reached. Here too short a turn was made and the chauffeur overturned the machine, burying Mr. Benedict s^id himself beneath it. DraKeed to Death by a Colt. John Touhey, a lad adopted from the Catholic Protectory In New York City by James Touhey, a farmer living near Plattsburg, N. Y., was killed In an odd manner. He was sent to a field to bring In a colt After catching the colt he tied the halter rope arounc) his' own body. The colt ran away, dragging the boy over a field and a stone wall. The boy being missed bj the family, search was made and his crushed body was found still tied tc the colt. Governor's Son Joined a Circuit. Governor McSweeney's fourteen* year-old son, Miles, a tine horseback rider, became infatuated with a circus that passed through Columbia, S. C The boy seated himself in the circus train, and with the determination ol joining the show went into anothei State. On the Governor's telegraphic instructions he was returned. Eleven French Seamen Drowned. The French brig Hone, from New. foundland for St. Malo, has beer wrecked on the rocks off Penmarch in Finistere, France. The captain ?ad ten of the ciew weie drowned. I \ USPS WASUINOTON ITEMS. Dr. B. M. Dupgar, Department or Agriculture export. soes to France at once to study mushroom raising. President Roosevelt appointed Geo. E. Koester, a Gold Democrat, collector nf internal rpvonne for South Car olinn. Booker T. Washington. of Tuskegee, Ala., dined with President Roosevelt. The Government concluded .1 moneyorder convention with Bolivia. F. W, Hackett. Assistant Secretary of the Navv. will resign and be succeeded by Judge Charles H. Darling, Of Bennington. Vt. President Roosevelt appointed Frank R. Mower, of Ohio, United States Consul at Ghent, Belgium. OITK ADOPTED ISLANDS. Cuba's imports for ten months, ending April 30, 1001. were $54,412,202, against $59,925,339 for the same period in 1900. Secretary Root will arrange to send additional troops to the Philippines. Adjutant-General Corbin reported that the total casualties among American troops fk the Philippines were 6321. Fiske Warren, anti-imperialist, of Boston, was obliged to take the oath of allegiance before he could land at Manila. DOMESTIC. The safe of the Farmers' Bank, at Fulda, Minn., was blown open. The robbers escaped, and $5500 in cash was secured. The two keepers of the lighthouse at the entrance to the Straits of Mackinac were drowned while attempting to reach the mainland. While playing in a railroad yard at Buffalo, N. Y.. John Sandberg, aged thirteen, and Joseph Stack, aged six, were killed by an engine. The Government breakwater at the Portage Ship Canal. Mich., was completed at a cost of $325,000. Mrs. Charlotte Nichols, wife of a railway man. and Dr. Burnette. a dentist, took poison at a Chicago hotel. The woman died, but the dentist will recover. Many Ponca and Otoe Indian bucks In Oklahoma were sent to jail for being bachelors. Thomas C. Fuller, Associate Justice of the United States Court of Private Laud Claims, died at Raleigh, N. C. Becausc his wife didu't hang curtains on the kitchen windows Gustave Beck, of Buffalo, N. Y., attempted to kill her. Then he committed suicide. James D. Wood, who drew the capital prize, worth $50,000, in the Oklahoma land lottery last August, died after a brief illness. A panic occurred in a theatre at Louisville, Ky., in which more than a dozen persons were hurt. It was caused by a cry of "Fire!" arising from a slight accident to a polyscope between the acts of a play. Rear-Admiral Francis Marvin Bunce, I?. S. N.. retired, died at his home in Hartford, Conn. Admiral Bunce, when he was retired on Christmas Day. 1898, having reached the age limit of sixty-two years, was the ranking officer of the Navy. His attainment to the rank marked the climax of fortysix years of active service. Captain McCalla, U. S. N., obtained the use of the Sea Girt. N. J., range for practice by men of warships, who, he said, were poor rifle shots. Quartz was discovered on a farm north of Moweaqua, 111., which assayed $125 in silver and $12.S0 per ton in gold to the ton. Professor Howard, of Columbus. Ohio, a chemist, reported traces of arsenic in the stomach of Mrs. Anna Pugh. Burglars stole from the postoffice at Baldwin, Mich., registered letters and postage stamps valued at nearly $1000. Snow to the depth of several Inches fell In the northern part of New York and in the Southern Adirondacks. FOREIGN. The new Ameer ordered the relensf: of selected prisoners in various pans of Afghanistan. In a municipal election fight at Lingitizzeta, Corsica, three men were - ? - ? -? ? 4-x.n.. J Kniea ana six iaiany nuuuueu ??nu daggers. Several deserting Spanish dragoons arrived at Perpiguan, France. They deserted because of 111 treatment, and refuse to return. There is renewed agitation in Germany for a European customs union against America. The Dowager Empress of China Is said to be considering the appointment of a new heir to the Chinese throne. The Marquis Ito's party initiated a strong movement to overthrow the Japanese Cabinet Important political developments are anticipated. The London Daily Express learned that General Kitchener has v;ired an urgent demand to the War Office for more trained mounted men. King Alexander opened the Servian Skupsbtina, pledging himself to uphold the new Constitution. A cartoon against Emperor William in Simplicissimus, a comic weekly of Breslau, caused the confiscation of the paper. Twelve more Boer leaders, including Commandant Scheepers, were permanently Danisnea irom ooum Africa. King George of Greece reopened a discussion among the Powers over the inuependence of Crete. The British cruiser Pylades annexed Ocean Island, which has hitherto been under a British protectorate. There are valuable phosphates on the island. Miss Marie Josephine Eastwick, oi Philadelphia, pleaded guilty in Lon don to forging a railroad certificate for $300,000. Naples was officially declared free from the plague, and the quarantine was abolished. Complete agreement was reached between the Russian and British governments as to Afghanistan. An American exhibition was arranged to be held at the Crystal Pal ace, London, from May to Octobei next year. Anarchist Editor Maurer. at Berlin. Germany, was sentenced to foui months' imprisonment for publishing in nrtifle aimrovins the assassination of McKinley. A man sentenced to penal servitude in Russia for carrying a false passport declared that lie was an American. A court-martial decided that the lost British torpedo boat destroyer Cobra simply collapsed because she wa? structurally weak LOWELL BANK'S BIG LOSS C C Teller and Bookkeeper Robbed th* t _D i'lir AArt I _ insuiuuun ox $uo,uuu. [ But Securities Worth 8800,000 Are Be* turned by tlio Absconding Einploycg, Who Made a Settlement. ? Lowell, Mass.?The fianancial troubles which had. caused great suspense t to the officers of the Merchants' National Bank for three days, owing to the disappearance of its teller, Albert G. Smith, and Its bookkeeper, Lewis H. Swift, have been practically smoothed out. J?he bank has lost t about $115,000. The directors officially state this, and at the same time a say that they have returned "valua- f ble securities." a The bank's loss, it is understood, 'a [ made up of two items, first, the stealings of the two men during the past two years, as shown now by. the D books, and secondly, that part o' (he s noch fnnliiHaH In tho rofafn.vl 1\? Smith and Swift as the price of their bargain to return the securities val- * ued at $S00,000. These "valuable securities," as de* c scribed by one director, were returned c in carpet bags, and represented h bonds, notes and other negotiable u papers and big bunches of money, all t supposed to have been taken from the n bank vault just prior to the time the f men disappeared a few days ago. 0 The loot from the bank vault was delivered at the bank after the bank 0 directors had been in conference with ^ Lawyers J. C. Burke, of Lowell, and f C. W. Bartlett, of Boston, representing the men. Lawyer Burke, when asked ^ if his clients would be in danger of ? prosecution, said: f "I know of nothing which would in- a dicate that the young men will be j. prosecuted." r The official statement of the directors follows: f "Tho Hmo hna nrrirorl xrhon thp President and directors of tho Mer- ? chants' National Bank feel that a statement is due the public. Certain securities belonging to the bank were taken from Its vaults through the col- * luslon of two of its employes, but c have been* returned. The capital e stock of the bank is $400,000, and its a surplus and undivided profits $294,- ? 000. Both are intact, except a defl* t ciency of $115,000, which reduces the Jj surplus and undivided profits to $179.- * 000." J NECRO BURCLAR LYNCHED. p Pursued by Bloodhounds in South Caro? g lina and Hanged When Caught. ? Columbia, S. C.?An unknown ne- g gro was lynched in Hampton Coun- s ty, near the village of Estill. This e Is a few miles from the 1" ne of the Governor of the State. Tue man was c detected leaving the house of Dr. t Lee Peeples. He had gone in through g a window, and appropriated articles of jewelry and a pistol. 1 When Dr. Peeples gave chase, the u burglar used the stolen pistol against j him, and succeeded for a time in stop- Ii I ping pursuit, nowever, iue uutiui o ? I neighbors came to his assistance, and \ several bloodhounds owned in the vi- $ cinity were put on the burglar's trail. ? The crowd followed, cheering on the I dogs. Through the woods they went t for miles, and at last brought the t burglar to bay. He was unarmed, t except for the stolen pistol, and had t emptied all the chambers early in the chase, so was easily taken prisoner. The man did not give his name, even when the mob decidcd that he c should hang. He was made to climb a tree, a rope was put about his neck and fastened to a limb, and then he a ?vas pushed off. d E PREVENTED A MASSACRE, S 1 Plot to Attack Another Garrison oTMntb 1. Befiiment Discovered. ? Manila. ? Owing to vigilance of Lieutenant Thomas M. Bains, Jr., of t the Ninth United States Infantry, an- I other slaughter of American troops (3 by insurgents has been averted. It i seems that Lieutenant Bains discov- e ered a prisoner reentering a cell f through a hole that had been let in the wall at Carbiga, Island of Sa- t mar, where several were confined. t An Investigation showed a plan to 11 fill the jail with bolomen and to call z the guard, which would be necessary J to get the door open, and then to at- t tack the garrison. It also developed a that the instigators were a priest and the presidente, both of whom have been arrested, together with several other prominent persons. 1 Other attempts have been discovered, bnt fortunately frustrated, at Pambajan and other points in Samar. r Several persons have been arrested in t connection with these. f \ TWO SENTENCED TO BE HANGED. I c One of tlie Condemned Pardoned to Heel x His Trial For Murder. I Mount Holly, N. J.?John Young and Charles Brown, recently convict- * ed of the murder of Washington Hunter, an aged farmer, of Riverside, * were sentenced to be hanged Decern- t ber 3. Mr. Hunter, who was seventy- c live years old. was attacked in his ? home on the night of January 20 by T Youug, Brown, Charles Miller and T Otto Kellar, the motive being rob- T i TT~ I.on ton infn inspnsibil- I 2 UBIJf. uc nan ity and died four days later. L Young and Kellar were arrested Id ^ New York City. The latter turned State's evidence, and is now awaiting sentence. Erown was located In Sing Siug Prison, where he was serving a t term for burglary, and was pardoned c by Governor Odell in order that he ? might be brought here for trial. Mil- <3 ler has not yet been arrested. ' 1 BIG FIRE IN SYDNEY. B. C. Much of the Butlnoai District Baroed With a Loss of Half a Million. ( Halifax, N. S.?A disastrous fire oc 1 curred in Sydney, C. B. Three-fourths T of the business district is destroyed, 1 and the loss is probably half a million v dollars. The town is a wooden one. 3 much of it built during the last two years, since the coming of the Dominion Iron and Steel Company with its ? large plant. The property or' that com puny is not affected. Many families j, are homeless. Labor World. The Journeymen Barbers' Interna tional Union has declined to admil c women to membership. c The striking garment ?giw? iu Boston are fast getting recognition 1 from the clothing contractors. ^ In I^ondon buildings containing ovei * iriuo tenements, and erected solely foi the working classes, are owned by the city. Striking telephone linemen at Chicago have been notified to return 01 0 new men will be hired to take theix ? places. ^ ; +T ' ,;r"vv " iANTOS-DUIONTTRIUIPHS ~ E ? I he Brazilian Aeronaut Sails Around ^ the Eiffel Tower. c 6 :asy progress against wind ' L f (e Loses the Seutsch Prize ot 100,000 1 g Francs by About Forty Scconds ? De? cislon of the Committee Disputed ? j Balloou's Motor Worked Very Successfully ? Ovation For the Aeronaut. Paris, France.?M. Santos-Dumont, he young Brazilian aeronaut, made an a scension in his new dirigible balloon * I] rom the park station of the Aero Club f t 2.42 o'clock p. m. He doubled the Jiffel Tower and returned successfully j( o St. Cloud in twenty-nine and a half i mutes, uui iue guiue rope waa uui u eized immediately, and it took forty f nd three-fifth seconds more to bring b he baloon down. a The descent was witnessed by large rowds at St. Cloud anc. on the Long- ' hamps race course. They cheered 8 audly and shouted "Vive Santos-Duaont!" with wildest enthusiasm. As " he aeronaut alighted Marquis Dion, a aember of the committee, said: "My riend, you have lost by just forty secnds." *} M. Santos-Dumont took matters phil- n sophically. and remarked: "After all. u t doesn't much matter, for the 100.00U rancs will go to the poor, anyhow." & At this moment M. Henri Deutsch, J he founder of the prize, came on the ,] ;round, having just arrived in Paris p rom Biarritz, and exclaimed, "As far 8 I am concerned, I consider that you lave fairly and pluckily won the ^ irize!" M. Deutsch said he would give 25.000 rancs to the poor, notwithstanding ' he decision of the committee. But iantos-Dumont declined to accept the v ffer as a solution of the difficulty. K1 The enthusiasm increased, MM. b )eutsch and Santos-Dumont being ac laimea in triumpn. xne scene >vu? i p xtremely bright and theatrical, for ! g mong the young Brazilian aeronaut's I dmirers present were a group of about hirty women, who showered flowers ipon their hero, and in the height of heir enthusiasm offered him fans, iracelets and jewels of every descrip- 11 ion. There was a large assemblage of ^ leople at the Eiffel Tower, and consid- ! [j rable interest was manifested in the j C xperiment in other parts of Paris, j P joups of people gathering in the i " treets to watch the progress of ;he ? longated, yellow balloon with its ai ang guide rope hanging and white p anvas propellers whirling round, w rhile those below distinctly distin- k ;uished the loud buzzing of the motor. Santos-Dumont rounded the Eiffel ?ower between the second and topQost platforms, at about seventy-five ards away from the tower. The bal- c: oon pitched somewhat when going gainst the wind, and Santos-Dumont, Q phen he descended, said the motor n uddenly stopped while the balloon E f.os at a little distance from the tower. le thought he might have to descend, , tut luckily he succeeded in getting ^ he machine started again. From that ime on the motor worked satisfac- I orily. I BIG FLOODS IN KLONDIKE ^ Tnited States Military Ordered Oat t<> Assist in Savins Life and Property. Port Townsend, "Wash, r- Skag?vay nd its vicinity have been visited by lisastrous rainstorms, according to lassengers arriving on the City of Seattle, causing much loss of property ?he other day a torrent of water ushed down the valley, carrying de- l truction in its wake. t Three bridges were wrecked and : ( uildings on the water front between Jroadway and the bluff were inunlated. A big slide occurred near Penilngton and the snowsheds just erectd were wrecked. Losses will easily oot up to $75,000. When the waters began to make heir appearance around the doors of louses on the low ground in Skagway ouch excitement prevailed, and all aade preparations to move. Captain enks. United States Army* ordered he military out, and they rendered .ssistance in saving life and property TUBERCULOSIS. MAN TO BEAST. )l?ease Transmitted to Calves In a Tc* Case In New Orleans. New Orleans. La. ? Upon the an louncement of Dr. Koch's theory that uberculosis could not be transmitted rom cows to man. Dr. E. A. White, . -eterinarian of the New Orleans ( 11 Joard of Health, under the authority " >f that body, began the opposite tesC * whether tuberculosis could be trans- ' oitted from man to cattle. Several calves were obtained foi his purpose, tested to see that they vere free from tuberculosis and theD ed with tuberculosis culline. One of * he calves died, having shown tuber- ^ ulosis. An examination was made v if the animal, which showed rhal # rhile the liver, kidneys and lungs n vere in good condition the intestines T irprp infected with tuberculosis, the j, ;nimal having died from tuberculo [ j( is diarrhoea. A full medical report j ^ rill be made on the case. British Hold 109,418 Boer ftefngees. ! A British Government paper shows j 11 hat the number of whites in the con a entration camps in South Africa is: 8 ien, 17,070. women, 38.022, and chll ~ Iren, 54,32*3. The deaths have been. jjj len, 119; women, 328, and children. 964. '? , I I f I ? Oldest Man Dies. , , Ismail Hud jo, said to have been tht > >ldest man in the world, died at | J vhuti, Albania. It is said that h{ . > ras 160 years old. His faculties wert inimpaired, and he had all his teetl? 1) rhen he died. He leaves 200 descend j < > .nts. \'t Salt For John Sherman'* Back Taxes. | County Treasurer Bruiufield. ni lansheld, Ohio, lias sued the execu> J) ors of the late Senator John Sherinae + or back taxes on $30u.l)00 of stock J t'hicli was not returned for taxation * 4 J, Joseph F. Smith Mormoa Chief. X At Salt Lake, Utah, the apostles 7 hose Joseph F. Smith as Presidenl + ?f the Chuivb of Jesus Christ ot' Lat j Day Saints, in succession to thf T ate Lorenzo Snow, with John K X Vinder and Anthony 11 Lund as his 4? irsc and secouu couucnuis, ?*, ively Burglar* Cause a Destructive Fire. J Burglars blew open a safe in tht ij ffice of the Bluffiou Milling Company, I t Bluffton, Ohio, set tire to the build 4 ng and destroyed the plant, worth 1 25,000. H f. " V v- ' ,:i ' ' ? P?7 of KaiiUn Soldiers. xne rtusamu aoiuier iu mcn.?uV >aid. He is the worst paid soldier in 3urope, and therefore has a very hard ime during his four years of service, iniess his good folks at home are Inlined to be generous. The Infantry oldier is paid about sixteen cents a aonth, and the calvary soldier only a Ittle more. Sergeants receive about ifty cents a month, and young officer* rom $15 to $50, according to their egiments. The higher officers are lso very poorly paid by comparison1 o officers of rank in other armies.? Pearson's Magazine. Dancerona Deer Hunting. Deer hunting continues to grow more nH mora Hnncrcrnna ft\r tho n>MDH> hat high-power guns are coming Into ise. This ought not to make any dlference, and would not, if the hunters rere rational and would use soft bulsts. But the novice will persist In aking steel-jacketed bullets for his lunting trips and such a bullet, fired rom one of the regulation small call- \ ire, high-power rifles will go through fair-sized tree and still have force ?ft to kill a man who happens to be In be line of its flight half a mile or even mile away. 'H Straws 8how "Which Way the Wind Blows." ad the constantly increasing demand for and ;eady growth in popularity of St. Jacobs Oil mong all classes of people in every part of le civilized world show conclusively what imedy the people use for their Rheumatism ad bodily aches and pains. Facts speak uderthan words, and the fact remains unisputed that the sale of St. Jacobs Oil is reater than all other remedies for outward' pplication combined. It acts like magic, ires where everything else fails, conquen ain. Boston was the first city in the country o establish free public baths. Permission has, been ziven for the ereo? ion of a crematory in Madrid, Spain. It requires no experience to dye with Potam Fadeless Dyes. Simply boiling your oods in the dye is all that is necessary. Sold 7 all druggists. Between the years 1760 and 1776 100,000 ounds of silk were expoited froija Georia to England. It doesn't take an agriculturist to rata* row. Catarrh Cannot ?e Cared. Fith local applications, as they cannot reach le seat of the disease. Catarrh is a blood or > institutional disease, and in order to cure it ou most take internal remedies. Hall's Cairrh Cure is taken internally, and acts direct- * on the blood and mucous surface. Hall's atarrh Cure is not a quack medicine. It waa rescribed by one of the best physician! in lis country for years, and is a regular preoption. It is composed of the best tonioa nown, combined witn the best blood puriflew, * sting directly on the mucous surfaces. The erfect combination of the two ingredients ia hat produces such wonderful results in curlg catarrh. Send for testimonials, free. P. J. Cheney & Co., Props., Toledo, O. Sold by Druggists, price, 76c. 11 ail's Family Fills aro tne Den. A woman need never hope to keep a ?eret. Age will tell on her. FITS permanently cured. No fits ornerToaiesa after first day's use of Dr. Kline's Great ; erve Restorer. $2 trial bottle and treatise free >r. R. H. Kline, Ltd., 931 Arch St., Phila. Pa. There are 30,000 Portuguese in Wassail usetta, Boston having over 3000. MISS LAURA HOWARD, - -* ? President South End Ladles' v Golf Club, Chicago, Cured by Lydla ?. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound After the Best Doctors Mad Failed To Help Her* " Deab Mm. Potxham : ?I can thank rou for perfect health to-day. Life ooked so dark to me a year or two igo. I had constant pains, my limbs iwelled, I had dizzy spells, and never I MISS LAURA IWWABD, CHICAGO, mew one day how I would feel th* text. I was nervous and had no aiH letite, neither could I sleep soundly lights. Lydla E. 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